2024 Latvian Higher League Explained

Competition:Latvian Higher League
Season:2024
Dates:8 March –
9 November 2024
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup2:Conference League
Matches:7
Total Goals:11
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025
Updated:16 March 2024

The 2024 Latvian Higher League, known as the TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began on 8 March 2024 and will end on 9 November.[1] [2]

The winners qualify for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The second and third-placed teams qualify for the 2025–26 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team qualify for the Latvian Higher League play-off. The bottom team are relegated to the 2025 Latvian First League.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine clubs from the previous season, and one team promoted from the Latvian First League. Grobiņa were promoted as champions of the 2023 Latvian First League, replacing the 2023 Latvian Higher League bottom-placed team (Super Nova).[3] RFS entered the season as defending champions.

2024 Virslīga competitors
ClubSeasons
in Virsliga
2023 positionStadiumCapacity
Auda33rdAudas Stadions520
Daugavpils117thCeltnieks Stadium1,980
Grobiņa01st in Latvian First LeagueGrobiņa Stadium200
Jelgava26thZemgale Olympic Center2,500
Liepāja115thDaugava Stadium (Liepāja)4,022
Metta139thDaugava Stadium (Riga)10,461
RFS91stLNK Sporta Parks2,300
Riga92ndSkonto Stadium8,087
Tukums 200038thTukuma Pilsētas Stadions1,000
Valmiera74thJāņa Daliņa Stadions1,250

League table

Results

Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).

Latvian Higher League play-off

The ninth-placed club will face the second-placed club from the 2024 Latvian First League for the final place in the following season's Latvian Higher League.

Statistics

Top scorers

[4]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Reginaldo RamiresRiga18
2 Alioune NdoyeValmiera15
3 Marko RegžaRiga14
4 Ismaël DiomandéRFS11
Joseph Oloko EdeJelgava
6 Darko LemajičRFS10
Mohamet CorréaMetta
8 Abdoul Kader TraoreDaugavpils9
9 Aleksej GolijaninDaugavpils8
Jānis IkaunieksRFS

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CALENDAR FOR THE NEW SEASON OF THE SUPER LEAGUE IS PUBLISHED. lff.lv. 18 February 2024. lv.
  2. Web site: Latvian First Division 2024. UEFA.
  3. Web site: GROBINAS SC GRANTS A LICENSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUPER LEAGUE. lff.lv. 30 January 2024. lv.
  4. https://www.flashscore.com/football/latvia/virsliga/#/C6Fm0Fdg/top_scorers Flashscore